Use generics in SerializationUtils
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Key: LANG-798
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LANG-798
Project: Commons Lang
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: lang.*
Environment: Apache Maven 3.0.4 (r1232337; 2012-01-17 03:44:56-0500)
Maven home: C:\Java\apache-maven-3.0.4\bin\..
Java version: 1.6.0_31, vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 7", version: "6.1", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
Reporter: Gary D. Gregory
Fix For: 3.2
Use generics in SerializationUtils:
I'd like to propose the change below. This lets you get rid of type casts in
call sites. You'll still get a ClassCastException if you code it wrong of
course.
Old: {{public static Object deserialize(InputStream inputStream)}}
New: {{public static <T> T deserialize(InputStream inputStream)}}
Old: {{public static Object deserialize(byte[] objectData)}}
New: {{public static <T> T deserialize(byte[] objectData)}}
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